must gain supernatural abilities
January 24th, 2008
Ways to make my job actually fit within an 8-hour work day:
* Being able to freeze time like Evie… of course, that would probably just end up with me getting to work at 8 AM, freezing time while I worked for 4 hours, then unfreezing it to work for 8 hours. Hmmm… that’s actually a 12-hour day for me - the same thing I do now. Not ideal.
* Having magical powers, like Samantha’s in Bewitched? She could freeze time too, and snap her fingers to get things organized. Maybe if I could get my desk and papers organized, that would help. I wonder if Samantha could snap her fingers and have a full paper written or report done. That would definitely help. But… in the Harry Potter books, magic doesn’t give you the ability to just snap your fingers and have work that requires thought done. So maybe not that helpful for work, although would be awesome at home for cleaning purposes. And for teleporting myself to work and back.
* Having some way to fast forward my own actions while the rest of the world around me moves normally. I think if I could move twice as fast (and think twice as fast), that should work - I could fit 16 hours of action into 8 hours of work. Hmmm… still might not be enough time. But would help.
So… how can I gain the ability to move and think at twice my normal speed?  Maybe I need to find some radioactive material….Â
I like all the posting everyday!! Keep up the good work.
Thanks, FG! Lately I’ve had a lot to say, I guess. I even have a backlog of things to write because I can’t get into posting more than once a day.
Unless I’m home sick, watching the Golden Girls, of course.
Want to play with time, eh? Some people think they can do it! Check out this article:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18925371.700-teach-your-brain-to-stretch-time.html
Or, if you want to geek out, you can read the Nature article: http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v6/n10/abs/nrn1764.html
I can always count on you, Andreas, for a technical explanation! I have to learn to meditate while working, apparently. Maybe the Dalai Lama could help me.